UFO ROUNDUP

Volume 5
Number 23
June 8, 2000

Editor: Joseph Trainor

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CHILEANS SAY NASA TOOK CUSTODY OF CAPTURED CHUPACABRAS

Residents of Calama, a city in northern Chile,
claim that NASA took custody of the three
Chupacabras reportedly captured by the Chilean
army two weeks ago.

According to reports obtained by Marcial Campos
Maza, a reporter for Chile's EFE new service, Chilean
troops captured the three creatures in the desert near
the Radomiro Tomic mine north of Calama. During the
pursuit, a firefight ensued in which one Chilean soldier
was reportedly killed.

The three creatures--a male, a female and a child--
were held at the regiment;s barracks for several hours.
Then a NASA team reportedly arrived by helicopter to take
custody of them.

Some residents of Calama, however, claimed that
that the Chupacabras were "creations" of NASA.

"'The gringos had at least three genetic experiments
run away from them, and they've only been able to capture
two of them,' said Dagoberto Corante, a Chilean architect."

"Residents of Calama and nearby communities
continued to blame NASA, the U.S. space agency, for the
apparitions and attacks of the mysterious Chupacabras,
which has killed man farm animals in the region and in other
parts of Chile. Several dozen goats, pigs, chickens, rabbits
and other animals turned up dead in northern Calama and its
environs during late April (2000)--their bodies completely
exsanguinated (drained of blood--J.T.) and undevoured by
the mysterious predator."

Stories continue to spread of "the Chupacabras'
alleged destructiveness and their ability of leaping 3-meter
(10-foot) tall walls, its ability to walk unmolested among dogs,
while police and volunteers who have set out after it find
only scattered footprints in this area of desert terrain
1,500 kilometers (900 miles) north of" Santiago de Chile,
the national capital.

"According to Dagoberto Corante, one such creature
was captured by elements of a local (army) regiment in an
operation that resulted in the death of one soldier, but the
(Chilean) military have allegedly refused to discuss
the matter."

"'It was said that the captured animal was kept all day at
at the regiment;s barracks until NASA experts arrived to
take it away.' said Corante, who is well-known and
respected in the area where the Chupacabra feasted on
blood and spread fear among the population."

"'On the day that the event transpired, the military even
closed the (Calama) airport for several hours to enable the
landing of a helicopter conveying American scientists,' he
added, 'although no one is quite sure why they had to close down
an airport in order for a helicopter to function--those are devices
able to land anywhere, and the fact has given rise to much
speculation.'"

"Mario Ramos, a respected resident of San Pedro de
Atacama, where he owns a butcher shop, largely agrees with
Corante's story and concerns, and while he doesn't care to
discuss the subject, agreed that a soldier had indeed
perished during the Chupacabra's capture."

Scott Corrales, author of the books Chupacabras and
Other Mysteries and Forbidden Mexico is not so sure that
NASA performed the retrieval. He writes, "The fact is that a
number of (USA) agencies (take your pick--S.C.) shield
themselves behind NASA's glowing reputation overseas to
conduct covert ops. If a bunch of military men turn up in
the back country of any South American nation, they're
more than likely to find themselves pinned down by
unfriendly fire. If they swap their cammo for lab coats and
say NASA, everyone will say, 'Oh, NASA! The guys who put
us on the Moon. Right this way.'" (Muchas gracias a Scott
Corrales y Gloria Coluchi para esa historia.)

(Editor's Comment: I just can't see NASA administrator
Dan Goldin as a Boris Karloff-type mad scientist cooking
up monsters in the lab. I'm wondering if these creatures
had anything to do with the UFO crash in northern
Argentina weeks ago. Welcome to Varginha 2. I wonder
what's on the menu tonight at Camp Condon. Army-issue
tuna-and-noodles!? Maybe it will taste better with some
ketchup on it.)

TRIO CLAIMS AN ENCOUNTER WITH AN ALIEN IN IRELAND

Noel Duggan of Blackwater, County Wexford, Ireland,
"a self-confessed atheist, is convinced he had a strange
encounter similar to the 'alien' experiences related by
callers to the Gerry Ryan radio show last week."

"Noel, who lives at 4 Ballyconnigar Lower" in
Blackwater, "was enjoying a drink in his mobile home,"
at the rear of that address "six weeks ago (mid-April
2000) in the company of his girlfriend, Kathleen Roche,
and his friend, Martin Egan of Wexford when they were
joined by an odd-looking little man about five feet
(1.6 meters) on height with strange ears."

"'It sat on the mattress beside my girlfriend, but she
didn't see it or hear us talking to it. It just appeared from
nowhere, and we didn't question why it was there.'" said
Duggan.

"'Myself and Martin were arguing with it about silly
things that I don't even remember now,'" he added,
"'It had the biggest ears and light curly hair. It was an
angry little yoke with a narky-looking face.'"

"Noel said he was at a funeral recently, and he
mentioned it to the local priest, Father Woods He
asked whether it was a spirit that could have come from
someone or somewhere."

"'I know it's hard to believe,' he said, 'but I would go
through any hypnosis or lie-detector test to prove that
I'm telling the truth. Martin is a very down-to-earth
person, and he feels the same way.'"

"According to Noel, the incident happened during
daylight at about 7 o'clock in the evening, and after a short
time the strange visitor put his hands over his girlfriend's
head in a peculiar way and said, 'It's not her fault,' and just
vanished."

"''The strangest thing is that we had no feeling of
surprise or fear,' said Noel, 'The following morning, I said
to Martin, 'That thing was really here last night, wasn't it?'
And he said yes."

"'We've told other people about it. Most of them
laughed when they heard it, and I don't blame them.
I don't know whether it was a leprechaun or not, but I
don't believe it was an alien. It was like as if you
come to a party and someone sits down beside you
and you don't know who they are.'"

Duggan and other County Wexford people phoned
the Gerry Ryan Show after his guest, an American
author, described her out-of-body experiences.

Blackwater is about 80 kilometers (50 miles)
south of Dublin, the capital of Ireland. (See the
newspaper People of Wexford for May 31, 2000,
story by Maria Pepper. Many thanks to Gerry Lovell
for forwarding the newspaper story.)

(Editor's Comment: Interesting. Duggan's sighting
took place in mid-April, the same time as the swarm
of jackrabbits in Fargo, North Dakota, USA and the
Mississippi case described later on in this issue.)

HIGH-FLYING UFO SPOTTED IN CLINTON, MICHIGAN

On Friday, May 26, 2000, at 8:52 p.m., Mrs. F.W.
was walking alone in a cornfield in Clinton, Michigan
(population 2,475), a small town on Highway M-12
about 20 miles (32 kilometers) south of Ann Arbor,
when she noticed a blue gleam in the dusk sky.

"I was in Clinton, MI when I saw it," she reported,
"I was walking in a cornfield and I saw a round
object very high up. A round object with white lights
all around it. It came over me."

She estimated that it was "50 miles up" and moving
across the sky rather slowly, only 50 miles per hour
(80 kilometers per hour). The UFO approached from the
northeast,changed direction while directly overhead, and
zipped away to the south. (Email Form Report)

MILLIONS OF FISH FALL FROM THE SKY ON ETHIOPIA

According to the weekly newspaper Amharic for
Wednesday, May 31, 2000, "millions of fish fell from
the sky" in the Ogaden, the drought-stricken region
of southern Ethiopia.

The unusual fish fall occurred near Kebri Dahar,
located about 720 kilometers (450 miles) southeast
of Addis Ababa, the national capital.

"Drought-stricken farmers tending their fields in
southern Ethiopia got a nasty shock when the
heavens opened and they were pelted by fish..."

"The unusual rain of fish had dropped in millions
from the air--some dead and others still struggling--and
created panic among the mostly religious farmers."

"Saloto Sodoro, a fish expert in the region,
attributes the phenomenon to heavy storms in the
Indian Ocean, which swept up the fish before shedding
them on the unsuspecting farmers."

(Editor's Note: The Times of India weather maps for
May 25 through June 1, 2000 show no large cyclonic
systems in that stretch of the Indian Ocean.)

"Southern Ethiopia has been in the grip of a severe
drought for two years, which aid officials say threatens
the lives of 8 million people." (Many thanks to Jim
Hickman for this newspaper report.)

(Editor's Comment: Charles Fort has been lying in his
pine box for the past 68 years, but the phenomena
bearing his name go right on marching on.)

ZIMBABWE SHOCKED BY AN UNUSUAL HUMAN BIRTH

An unusual human birth occurred in a hospital
in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, on Saturday,
May 29, 200, just after 7 a.m.

"Officials at the Harare hospital said the girl was
born Saturday (May 29) at 7 a.m. to Mrs. Otilia
Chikwaya, 23, of Epworth, 15 kilometers (9miles)
from Harare," the capital of Zimbabwe. "The child
died two hours later."

"The baby's body was normal from the toes to the
shoulders, but she had two necks and two heads.
The baby's heads had all the features expected in
a normal baby. Doctors said the baby's condition
might have been the result of taking too many pills
during pregnancy."

"Chikwaya, who was still recovering in a
hospital yesterday (May 30, 2000) said, 'I am
shocked. At first I could not believe it. This is
the saddest day of my life.'"

"This was to have been the third child in
her six-year marriage."

The Chikwaya baby's birth was the main topic
of conversation in Harare over the weekend. Many
said it was a bad omen.

"Bennet Makwedza, a city taxi driver, was among
scores of people offering their interpretations about
what this birth meant."

"'Children are born day, but we are not used to
seeing births like this. It must mean something. I
think that there is a great disaster coming in this
country. Nothing is going right for us,' he said."

"Florence Zoraunye, a hotel employee, said,
It must be a sign of something. Something bad.
I think something is coming our way.'"

"Ruth Kamvara, a local resident, also said the
event did not bode well for the future. 'It is certainly
a warning that the future is bleak." (Many thanks to
Steve Wilson Sr. for forwarding this report.)

(Editor's Comment: There's nothing magical about a
two-headed birth. The fetus simply began to fission into
identical twins. But then, for some unknown reason, the
biological process halted. Over the ages, however,
people in all countries have interpreted these unusual
births as portents.)

ASSASSIN AGREES WITH THE VATICAN ON FATIMA

"Mehmet Ali Agca, who shot Pope John Paul II on
May 13, 1981, said fate was responsible for his actions."

"'It is clear I was predestined,' Agca told Reuters news
service at the prison near the Adriatic port city of Ancona,"
in Italy, "where he has spent the last eight years."

"He described as 'the last piece of the jigsaw' the
pope's disclosure that the attack was foretold in a message
given by an apparition of the Virgin Mary to three shepherd
children at" Cova da Iria, near "Fatima, Portugal in 1917."

"The pope revealed the third and last "Secret of Fatima"
during a visit to the shrine this year on the anniversary of the
first apparition, May 13, and of the shooting 64 years later."

";We simply have cameo roles in the mysterious project
of God,' Agca said."

(Editor's Comment: They're all in agreement about a
prophecy that doesn't exist. Francisco and Jacinta Marto
did not see a vision of the 1981 assassination attempt. They
saw the "Good Pope," or the pope of the Last Days. forced
to walk down a pathway lined with thousands of Christian
dead before he's machine-gunned by agents of the Illuminate.
A vision of the Apocalypse disturbingly similar to Padre Poi
Forginone's vision of 1970 and the vision at La Salette
in France in 1846.)

RELIGIOUS MANIA SWEEPS MISSISSIPPI HIGH SCHOOL

"Football jocks wept in the gym. Teenagers took
the microphone, haltingly confessing their demons
and begging for friends' prayers. Students cried on
one anothers shoulders."

"In an unusual outbreak of fervor, the class
schedule at Pearl River Central High School" in
Carriere, Mississippi (population 700) "broke down
one day" in April "as teachers and administrators
first watched, then joined students in expressions
of faith, personal testimonies and prayer in a student
Bible club meeting that lasted four hours."

"Since that day, news of the so-called 'Pearl
River Revival' or 'Pearl River Happening' has been
spreading to Christian radio and Web sites, where
it is being noted as a supernatural event--and a
welcome example of a public school's hospitality to
Christianity."

"Congratulatory emails are piled on the desk of
Principal Lolita Lee, who suspended classes April 12
when a late-morning program by Pearl River Christian
students mushroomed into a daylong camp meeting."

"There is no criticism yet, largely because the event
is not widely known outside conservative circles and
because students, faculties and families in heavily-
evangelical Pearl River County overwhelmingly approve
of what occurred that day, Lee said."

Carriere is on Mississippi Highway 11 approximately
52 miles (83 kilometers) south of Hattiesburg and
16 miles (26 kilometers) southeast of Bogalusa,
Louisiana.

"'In the first couple of weeks I must have had 30 or
40 calls from parents, and they were all just real glad
that it had happened,' she said." (See the Minneapolis,
Minn. Star-Tribune for June 3, 2000, "Christian groups
hail kids' faith fest," page B7.)

(Editor's Note: The Pearl River valley is a notorious
hotspot for paranormal events, including ghosts,
"singing sands," the Letiche swamp monster and
one of the most well-known abductions in ufology--
the Pascagoula case of October 1973.)

CHEMTRAILS REPORTED IN TWO WESTERN STATES

Chemtrails were reported in two western states
of the USA last week.

On Friday, June 2, 2000, Rev. Richard F. spotted
thick chemtrails in the sky over the city of Spokane
(population 180,000). He reported, "We have an air
force base 12 miles (19 kilometers) west of town
(Fairchild Air Force Base--J.T.), and we have hardly
seen any chemtrails to speak of. One every now
and then but that was all. But today was different.
They were everywhere, and stretching in all directions."

"As I was watching them, they looked like they
were turning into thick clouds, not dispersing as normal
contrails do. As they spread out, they got thicker, like
high overhead rain clouds."

"I could not see what kind of planes were making
them--all too high. But you can bet I am going to
start paying attention to what is happening in the
skies above Spokane."

Spokane is on Interstate Highway I-90 about
282 miles (451 kilometers) east of Seattle.

The following day, Saturday, June 3, 2000,at
2 p.m., James M. reported seeing chemtrails above
Rapid City, South Dakota (population 55,000),
located 191 miles (305 kilometers) west of Pierre,
the state capital.

"They started spraying in Rapid City again
around 2 p.m.," James reported. "So here I am
taking pics (photographs) again. When will it stop?
I have small grandchildren with a lung virus of some
kind. I wonder if it's this stuff they were spraying."
(Email Reports)

(Editor's Note: There's a U.S. Air Force base close
to Rapid City, as well. Ellsworth Air Force Base
is just north of Box Elder, S.D. about 22 miles
(35 kilometers) east of Rapid City. Maneuvers...
or Project Cloverleaf?)

from the UFO Files...

1981: FACE-TO-FACE WITH AUSTRALIA'S TERROR OF THE OUTBACK

Rex Gilroy moved slowly through the darkened
paddock. Night insects hummed and chirped all
around. The farmhouse lay a good distance behind
him. And, up ahead, he could hear the rustle of
the breeze through the leaves of the gum trees.

Or was it the breeze.

He stood still, one man alone in a vacant
field in the Southern Highlands of New South
Wales in Australia. All at once, he heard sounds
coming from the wire fence. The snapping of twigs.
Something was moving low to the ground.

Quickly he pulled out his torch (flashlight in the
USA--J.T.) and switched it on. The beam
traveled across the scrub, illuminating clumps
of desiccated grass and then it settled on a black,
sinewy form. It resembled a black panther, but it
was like no big cat Rex had ever seen. Its silver
eyes gleamed, and its leg muscles tensed, ready
to spring.

And...say, how did Rex get into this mess,
anyway?

Well, it all started when Rex Gilroy, a leading
paranormal investigator and author of the book
Mysterious Australia, decided to look into persistent
reports of a weird cat-like carnivore prowling the
uplands in the southeast corner of Australia.

He interviewed many people, such as Glen Noonan,
a stockman or jackaroo (cowboy in the USA--J.T.)
Boonan told him, "I was mustering cattle for a bloke up
in the Phillips Range when I came upon a black cat or
a panther-like beast in the act of devouring a calf it
had just killed. It frightened my horse and dashed
off into the scrub. It was about five to six feet from head
to tail."

Prehistoric rock paintings portray these creatures,
which Australia's aboriginal people call "devil dogs of
the Dreamtime." Rex discovered that the mystery beast
had been frequently reported in the Kangaroo Valley
northwest of Nowra, New South Wales, a city about
120 miles (192 kilometers) south of Sydney.

But let's allow Rex to tell the story in his own words.

"The mystery concerns hundreds of sightings of
often large, black-furred catlike animals which have been
known for generations as 'the kangaroo Valley panther.'"

"The mystery of the Kangaroo Valley Panther has
held my attention of the past 25 years, during which time
I have made frequent field expeditions in the valley in
search of evidence."

"In June 1981 I found my first paw prints of the 'panther' on
a remote farm at the southern end of the valley. It was also
during this expedition that I had my only sighting of one of
these creatures."

"On the afternoon of 9th June 1981, my wife Heather and I
to a farm owned by a woman who had had several experiences
with 'creatures' on her property. As our vehicle entered the
valley, I recalled many of the sightings reports of these
mysterious carnivores that I had gathered up 'til then. One
look at the wilderness surrounding the town and its outlying
farms told us the creatures had plenty of cover in which to
live and breed, safe from man."

"On one occasion the woman saw a large, catlike,
black-furred animal leap over her backyard fence. It had
also lurked around the property late at night emitting weird
howling and screeching sounds, and had nearby owners
terrified."

(Editor's Comment: Most likely the animal was in its rut
cycle and was announcing its presence to a potential mate.)

"I shall never forget that 9th June evening for the
terrifying situation I was to find myself in when I came face-
to-face with one of these fearsome-looking animals."

"That night I went alone, torch in hand, to investigate
the paddock over the fence where the 'panther' had been
seen to leap, to get some idea of the conditions there.
I flashed my torch around the paddock and the trees
bordering it atop the rise that sloped down into a creek.
It was from across the creek that the weird catlike
sounds had often been heard late at night."

"The time was 8:20 p.m. when, some distance away,
I hard a loud catlike screech. I then heard the sounds
of something climbing through wire on a fence
bordering a creek about 180 metres (594 feet) away.,
followed by the sound of twigs snapping as something
moved quickly into scrub in the paddock to my left."

"I had already switched off my torch by this time,
but upon hearing the sounds I switched it on again. It
was then that the beam of my torchlight caught a
blackish creature at least a metre (3.3 feet) tall on all
fours, standing among a clump of gum-trees about
160 metres (528 feet) away. Its silvery eyes gleamed in
the torchlight."

"The animal disappeared into the trees, but within
seconds I heard the sound of twigs breaking in a stand
of gum saplings only a few yards away. Flashing my
torch in this direction, I suddenly found a large dark shape
standing barely 20 feet (6 meters) from me, that pair of
silvery eyes shining in the spotlight."

"Never before in my life have I ever been frightened by
anything in the bush, yet on this occasion I was gripped by
a fear of the unknown. I retreated to the gate 20 feet away.
Once behind the closed gate I turned and flashed the torch
at the stand of saplings, but to my surprise and relief the
creature had vanished. We all kept a watch late into the
night, hoping the animal would return but it did not,; nor
could we find any tracks of it the following morning."

"However, two weeks later, in a small muddy patch
of ground down by the far end of the paddock, I found
several strange paw prints from which I made plaster casts.
They were 24 centimeters apart and measured up to
15 centimeters in length by 13 centimeters width across
the claws, the heel being 8 centimeters long by
7 centimeters wide...University experts in Sydney later
said the tracks belonged to 'no known Australian animal.'"
(See the book Mysterious Australia by Rex Gilroy,
Nexus Publishing, Mapleton, QLND., 1995, pages 85,
91 and 92.)

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